Melissa Carpenter teaches a monthly class on “magic” words in the Torah at P’nai Or, 9750 SW Terwilliger Blvd., Portland. No Hebrew knowledge is necessary, drop-ins are welcome. The class is free to P’nai Or members, $10 for non-members. Melissa is a maggid and a Torah translator and commentator posting weekly at www.mtorah.com. Questions? E-mail melissatz@comcast.net. (Save the date for the March 22 class on the word “kadosh”!) – See more at: http://www.ojlife.com/content/keruvim-magic-word-torah#sthash.VtnpnA32.dpuf
Classes meet monthly at P’nai Or, 9750 SW Terwilliger Blvd., Portland. No Hebrew knowledge is necessary, drop-ins are welcome. The class is free to P’nai Or members, $10 for non-members. Robert is a graduate of ALEPH’s prestigious Davennen Leadership Training Institute. Questions? E-mail melissatz@comcast.net. (Save the date for the March 22 class on the Bar’chu!) – See more at: http://www.ojlife.com/content/siddur-study-shacharit-service-0#sthash.afGP74Tf.dpuf
Please join us for the third lecture in our “Age Smart – Age Strong” series at Rose Schnitzer Manor.
Bayla O’Brien, PT, and Jacqueline Sinke of Fitness & Function LLC will explain how your body uses and processes information from your muscles and joints, inner ear, vision and brain to help keep you upright and prevent or reduce your risk of falling. They will also review the age-related changes to all of these balance systems and show how changes in balance and mobility can be reversed.
Please RSVP at 503.535.4004 or deborah.elliott@cedarsinaipark.org. Or visit www.roseschnitzermanor.org.
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Joanne Stone, restaurant owner and consultant, will show us how to plan, shop, prep, and serve in new ways. Mix and match menus, cut, and use tools in your kitchen.
Tues., Feb. 10 and 17, 7:00-8:30 pm
$24 (G:$30) CG203
Register: oregonjcc.org/registration
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In 1948, just three years after the liberation of Nazi death camps, a group of Jewish American pilots answered a call for help. In secret and at great personal risk, they smuggled planes out of the U.S., trained behind the Iron Curtain in Czechoslovakia and flew for Israel in its War of Independence. As members of Machal – “volunteers from abroad” – this ragtag band of brothers not only turned the tide of the war; they also embarked on personal journeys of discovery and renewed Jewish pride.
ABOVE AND BEYOND is their story. Directed by Roberta Grossman and produced by Nancy Spielberg
You can watch the trailer here: http://vimeo.com/101766720
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Join us for Foundation Fridays, a free young families Shabbat experience on
Friday mornings from 9:00am-10:30am, Running Room at Foundation School
Congregation Neveh Shalom, 2900 SW Peaceful Lane, Portland, OR 97239
Open to all children 0-5 and their parents,
grandparents, friends, caregivers
Schedule:
9am-10am open play in our indoor running room
10am-10:15am singing, Shabbat stories and age-appropriate service
10:15am-10:30am Shabbat snack and PJ Library Story
* Free!
Co- Hosted by PJ Library Portland
Questions? Call Leah Conley at 503-293-7307 lconley@nevehshalom.org
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Holocaust Survivor/International Speaker Irving Roth, The Havurah Synagogue, Saturday, February 21, 7:30 PM
On Saturday, February 21, 7:30 PM the Havurah will host an event featuring Irving Roth, Holocaust survivor and international speaker.
Irving Roth was born in Kosice, Czechoslovakia on September 2, 1929 and landed in New York Harbor in 1947 via Auschwitz and Buchenwald. The memories of the Nazi death camps never faded and he devotes his time and efforts to educating young and old on the horrors of the Holocaust and the evils of prejudice and anti-Semitism.
Mr. Roth is the Director of the Holocaust Resource Center – Temple Judea of Manhasset and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Maine. He is a recognized speaker on anti-Semitism and the Holocaust and is a frequent lecturer at colleges and universities in the United States, Canada and Europe. As a Holocaust survivor, he provides personal testimony on his experiences during WWII.
Mr. Roth received the Spirit of Anne Frank Outstanding Citizen Award from the Anne Frank Center USA for promoting human rights, social justice and for conceiving, developing and initiating the Adopt a Survivor program. This program has been instituted nationally and internationally in public and parochial high schools and colleges. Mr. Roth edited and coordinated the publishing of a book titled Adopt a Survivor – An Antidote to Holocaust Amnesia. He and his son, Rabbi Dr. Edward S. Roth, co-authored and published Bondi’s Brother, a book about his experiences before, during and after the Holocaust. They also published a Holocaust Study Guide for Social Studies and Language Arts Teachers, which encompasses a complete curriculum on the Holocaust and is taught in conjunction with Bondi’s Brother in elementary, middle and high schools as well as colleges. Bondi’s Brother has been translated into Hungarian and Hebrew.
Mr. Roth presented “papers” at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, The Scholars Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches, CAJE (Conference on Alternatives in Jewish Education) and Facing History and Ourselves. He is the recipient of numerous awards for his work in Holocaust education and community service.
Mr. Roth received a BS and MS in Electrical Engineering from Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn and resides in Nassau County, NY.
The event is free and open to the public. The Havurah Synagogue is located at 185 N. Mountain Ave. in Ashland. Call 541-488-7716 for more info or visit www.havurahshirhadash.org. Havurah Synagogue and Christians United for Israel are co-sponsoring this event. Christians United For Israel has over two million members in the US. Visit CUFI.ORG to learn more.
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